1SL 10:5 AUS | Slovenia2 - Australia (IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship)

IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

Slovakia2 – xxx	2:1 (end)	\|	Croatia – Latvia	4:3 (end)	\|	Slovenia2 – Australia	10:5 (end)
USA – Sweden2	12:5 (end)	\|	Finland – Canada2	6:2 (end)

final

Slovenia2

10:5 (4:1, 3:0, 1:1, 2:3)

Australia

Saturday 07.06.2014, 14:00 • IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship

		Welcome. This game starts at 14:00 CEST, 22:00 EST.
		Slovenia and Australia will play for the championship of Division II at the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. The winner will advance to play in Divsion I next year. Slovenia is looking to regain the position in Division I that they lost last year, while Australia is looking to return to Division I for the first time since 2002. These two teams met during the group stage, with the Slovenes winning the high-scoring affair 8-5. Slovenia finished first in Group C with 9 points, then beat Brazil 7-1 in the quarterfinals and Latvia 13-2 in the semifinals. Australia finished 3rd in Group C with 3 points, then beat Hungary 3-1 in the quarterfinals and Croatia 6-5 in a shootout in the semifinals.
		Starting Lineups: Slovenia: Pavlic (Trelc) – Kralj, Lonear, Berlisk, Erman – J. Sotlar, Krivic, Simsic, Vedlin – N. Sotlar, Koren, Frol, Ferjanic – Zerdin, Iglicar. Australia: James (Glass) – Gavin, Casaceli, Fritchley, Haynes – Brophy, Fitzgerald, Jones, Collins – Turner, Best, Cleland, Todd – Austin. Referees: Vikman (FIN), Virtala (FIN).
		Slovenia is designated as the home team for this game and is wearing interesting royal blue jerseys with lime green and white trim, black pants and white helmets. Australia is designated as the visiting team and is wearing white uniforms with green and yellow trim, white pants and black helmets.
		Both teams are on the floor, the warm-up is over, and the opening faceoff is moments away.
	00:01	Game started.
	00:56	Long breakaway pass by Slovenia misses and goes for icing (or illegal clearing, as it's properly known as in inline hockey).
	01:16	Puck deflects out of play in the Australian zone, faceoff inside.
	01:33	Goal for Team Slovenia! After getting control off the faceoff, the puck came to JURE SOTLAR at the right hashmarks, and he fired a wrister that beat James high blocker side. Assist: Gregor Krivic.
	03:06	Goal for Team Slovenia! The Slovenes are quickly up 2 goals as NEJC BERLINSK's sharp-angle shot finds room on the short side of James. Assists: Matic Kralj, Mateuz Erman.
	04:38	Goal for Team Australia! The goals coming fast and furious now. Australia get on the board as Turner centres to CAMERON TODD, who fires it home from right in front. Assist: Lee Turner.
	05:54	Gavin with a long wrister, pad save Pavlic.
	06:52	Goal for Team Slovenia! Breakaway for ANZE LONEAR. He makes a little move to the backhand to open the five-hole and slides it through James's pads. Unassisted.
	08:15	Slap attempt from Roman Vedlin, blocked in front.
	08:45	Slovenian 2-on-1, Sotlar to Vedlin and he fires high with lots of open space.
	09:54	Goal for Team Slovenia! Lonear makes a pass to find a wide-open MATIC KRALJ at the side of the net and he makes no mistake, one-timing it in. Assists: Anze Lonear, Peter Frol.
	11:40	A penalty shot coming to Slovenia's Nejc Berlisk for a hook.
	11:40	No goal, as Berlisk tried the forehand deke but Michael James reached out the left pad and didn't give him room to get around.
	12:00	1st period finished.
		A clearly one-sided period in favour of Slovenia, who are looking in good shape for returning to the Top Division at this time.
	12:01	Start of 2nd period.
	12:35	Slapper from Luke Fritchley is blocked.
	12:44	Slovenes quick on the counter but Michael James makes a nice glove save.
	13:46	Australia's Sean Jones tries to pick the top corner but Jure Pavlic takes it on the shoulder and holds on.
	14:40	Kralj with a wrister, blocker save James.
	16:05	Sotlar with a rush but his angle is cut off and he doesn't take a shot.
	16:23	Goal for Team Slovenia! But on the next rush, NEJC SOTLAR does shoot, a wrister from the top of the circle under the crossbar. Assists: Gregor Krivic, Domen Vedlin.
	17:16	Goal for Team Slovenia! Sotlar orchestrates another goal, this time feeding GAL KOREN in front, who flips it upstairs as he's pulled down to the floor. Assist: Nejc Sotlar.
	18:24	Australia goes to the attack, they don't get a shot but the net is pushed out of position, so play is stopped and the faceoff is inside.
	20:00	High wrister from Vedelin, blocker save James.
	21:52	A shot by Australia at one end and a 2-on-1 the other way for Slovenia. They don't score but the referee says the goalie threw the stick, so Slovenia gets another penalty shot.
	21:52	Goal for Team Slovenia! NEJC SOTLAR takes the penalty shot and scores on the backhand deke.
	23:05	Erman walks into the slot and backhands it wide.
	24:00	2nd period finished.
		There was a clear favourite before this game and it's playing out exactly that way. Barring a major collapse, it's pretty obvious at this time that Slovenia will be the team that advances to the Top Division for next year. The second half begins at 14:47 CEST, 22:47 EST.
	24:00	Andrew Glass takes over from Michael James in goal for Australia.
	24:01	Start of 3rd period.
	24:29	Goal for Team Australia! Australia with a quick start to the second half. MICHAEL CASACELI's long shot from the left wing through a crowd sneaks through Pavlic and across the line. Assists: Jordan Gavin, Michael Haynes.
	25:39	The first penalty of this game that's not a penalty shot goes to Australia's Antony Collins for tripping. Slovenia to the power play.
	27:20	Australia back at full strength, as Slovenia doesn't really press hard to score.
	28:18	Play is stopped as Australia's Nicholas Cleland goes hard into the boards and seems to have injured his shoulder. He's helped off the floor.
	28:48	The puck comes to Pavlic, who covers.
	29:05	Goal for Team Slovenia! Big slapper from the point by NEJC BERLISK beats Glass stick side. Assist: Mateuz Erman.
	30:45	Long wrister from Ferjanic knocked down by Glass, play continues.
	33:07	Wrister from Berlisk, pad save Glass.
	34:20	Vedlin tries to go upstairs from in close, knocked down by Glass.
	35:30	Brenton Fitzgerald attempts a wraparound but is blocked from getting to the net.
	36:00	End of the 3rd period.
		A pretty lazy period, as the Slovenes are content to keep control of the puck and play keep-away, protecting their large lead.
	36:01	Start of the 4th period.
	36:25	Goal for Team Slovenia! They open the last period with a goal, as Zerdin centres out front to MATEUZ ERMAN, who one-times it home from the slot. Assitst: Simon Zerdin.
	36:58	Goal for Team Australia! They answer right back 33 seconds later. On a breakaway, TONY COLLINS goes to the backhand and upstairs over the glove of Pavlic. Unassisted.
	37:52	Goal for Team Slovenia! Frol got the puck on the left side and found NEJC SOTLAR alone in front, who avoided Glass's poke check and went upstairs on the backhand. 4 goals for Sotlar. Assists: Peter Frol, Gal Koren.
	37:52	A goaltending change for Slovenia, as Tomaz Trelc comes in to play the last 10 minutes of this game.
	40:25	Play stopped for a hand pass against Slovenia.
	40:50	Long wrister from Spencer Austin, stick save Trelc on his first shot since entering the game.
	41:27	Australian defenceman Cameron Todd takes a shot in the face and goes down at the side of the Australian net. Play is stopped. He's up and appears to be OK, and is taken to the bench. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and the puck hit him.
	41:39	Offside Slovenia.
	42:51	Wrister from Berlisk, right on Glass holds on.
	43:17	The puck comes to Jure Sotlar, tries to go upstairs for goal number 5 but Andrew Glass makes a great glove save. It won't have any effect on the outcome of this, but it was a great save nonetheless.
	43:58	Goal for Team Australia! BRENTON FITZGERALD held onto the puck forever at the top of the slot and finally fired a wrister through a crowd that went through everybody and in. Assist: Lee Turner.
	46:14	Goal for Team Australia! They're not giving up. Gavin finds MICHAEL CASACELI at the side of the net and he one-times it in. Assist: Jordan Gavin.
	48:00	Game over.
		Australia didn't give up, but they were just simply too far behind. In the end, Slovenia wins the gold medal of Division I, which is just as they were clearly the class of the division, and they go to the Top Division for 2015.
		Players of the game: SLO – Domen Vedlin AUS – Michael Casaceli
		The two teams will now receive their gold and silver medals, respectively. Don't forget, the bronze and gold/silver games of the Top Divsion are still to come at 16:30 and 19:00 CEST local time in Pardubice. (15:29:24)

Commentary by

Derek OBrien

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 2. Sotlar (Krivic), 4. Berlinsk (Kralj, Erman), 7. Lonear, 10. Kralj (Lonear, Frol), 17. Sotlar (Krivic, Vedlin), 18. Koren (Sotlar), 22. Sotlar, 30. Berlisk (Erman), 37. Erman (Zerdin), 38. Sotlar (Frol, Koren) – 5. Todd (Turner), 25. Casaceli (Gavin, Haynes), 37. Collins, 44. Fitzgerald (Turner), 47. Casaceli (Gavin)

Slovenia2: Pavlic (Trelc) – Kralj, Lonear, Berlisk, Erman – J. Sotlar, Krivic, Simsic, Vedlin – N. Sotlar, Koren, Frol, Ferjanic – Zerdin, Iglicar.

Australia: James, 25. Glass – Gavin, Casaceli, Fritchley, Haynes – Brophy, Fitzgerald, Jones, Collins – Turner, Best, Cleland, Todd – Austin.

Referees: Vikman (FIN), Virtala (FIN)

1st period
	01:33
	03:06
	04:38
	06:52
	09:54
1st intermission
2nd period
	16:23
	17:16
	21:52
2nd intermission
3rd period
	24:29
	25:39
	29:05
	36:25
	36:58
	37:52
	43:58
	46:14
Final